JACKSON – The Millsaps Majors Men's Tennis Team continues to build momentum as they season begins to wind down in the coming weeks. They welcomed in the Spring Hill Badgers to the Coach Montgomery Courts on Friday evening as they picked up their third straight win in convincing fashion with a 9-0 win over the Badgers.
The No. 1 Doubles Team of juniors Adam Tilly and Malte Schick got things starts with a convincing 8-1 win to earn the Majors first point. The No. 2 Team of senior David Bastian and freshman Charles Rees followed them as they cruised to an 8-3 win. That left the No. 3 match featuring senior Beau Hinton and sophomore Misa Pjevac as they found a way to put Millsaps up 3-0 with a close 9-7 victory, bouncing back after a tough 9-7 defeat a night ago.
Singles wasted no time as they all cruised to two set wins as they all played extremely well to take the 9-0 win.
The Majors are now 7-8 on the season as they prepare to hit the road tomorrow afternoon as they head to Meridian to compete against Meridian Community College. First serve is set for 2 p.m.
Millsaps 9 Spring Hill 0
No. 1 Doubles; Malte Schick and Adam Tilly (M) d. Burke Defraites and Hayden Cotton (S); 8-1
No. 2 Doubles; Charles Rees and Davis Bastian d. Meyer Schwartzberg and Jacob Neu (S) ; 8-3
No. 3 Doubles; Beau Hinton and Misa Pjevac d. Jake Lyons and Josh Schultz (S); 9-7
No. 1 Singles; Schick (M) d. Defraites (S); 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Singles; Bastian (M) d. Neu (S); 6-3,6-3
No. 3 Singles; Tilly (M) d. Schultz (S); 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Singles; Rees (M) d. Cotton (S); 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Singles; Pjevac (M) d. Lyons (S); 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Singles; Hinton (M) d. Schwartzberg (S); 6-2, 6-4